JPH0156771B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apparatus for removing oil, moisture, etc. from solid foods such as fried foods.

<Conventional technology> Conventionally, in the manufacturing process of solid foods such as fried foods, centrifuges were used to remove oil adhering to fries, fried tofu, etc., one batch at a time. was going there.

However, this method has a problem in that it is not possible to remove the oil in a continuous and sequential manner, and that it takes a lot of time and effort to remove the oil.

On the other hand, a system in which a conveyor or the like is equipped with a suction device for suctioning the liquid of conveyed objects between conveyors has been proposed, for example, in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 53-19272 or Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 36-26186. . In these devices, a suction device with an opening at the top is placed below the flow of a strip of material such as fibers, and when the strip flows above the opening of the suction device, the strip closes this opening. As a result, water, etc. from the strip-shaped material is sucked through the opening.

However, in this method, the moisture etc. of the transported object cannot be absorbed unless the transported object is a belt-shaped object that can continuously close the entire opening. For example, if the conveyed object is a solid food such as fried food such as fried potatoes or fried tofu, it will be conveyed piecemeal and the entire opening cannot be closed, and air will be sucked in from the unoccluded part. As a result, oil, water, etc. from solid foods such as fried foods cannot be effectively absorbed.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and is capable of removing liquids such as oil adhering to solid foods such as fried foods while being transported by a conveyor. The purpose is to provide equipment.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention solves the above problems by providing an apparatus for removing adhering liquid from solid foods such as fried foods, which has the following features.

A net conveyor for conveying solid foods such as fried foods with liquid such as oil attached, a pressing means disposed above the net conveyor, and a pressing means disposed below the net conveyor along the longitudinal direction. The guide plate has a plurality of holes drilled from its upper surface to its lower surface. The pressing means has a covering member large enough to press and cover at least the plurality of holes of the stabilizing plate from above the solid food such as fried food, and the discharge pipe is connected to the lower surface of the guide plate at one end. It is characterized in that it has a liquid socket that receives and connects a plurality of holes, and a connection part that is connected to a vacuum pump at the other end.

<Function> In the present invention, by the suction of the vacuum pump,
The covering member of the upper pressing means is sucked toward the guide plate through the plurality of holes in the guide plate.

As a result, the covering member presses the upper surface of the net conveyor at the portion located between the guide plate and the covering member, thereby making it possible to seal the space therebetween.

Therefore, when solid foods such as fried foods conveyed by the net conveyor pass over the holes in the stabilizing plate, liquids such as oil contained in the solid foods such as fried foods are transferred to the mesh of the net conveyor and the guide plate. It can be efficiently absorbed through the pores.

〔Example〕

Therefore, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a net conveyor (wire mesh belt conveyor) for conveying fried foods and the like with liquid attached thereto. This net conveyor 1 is rotatable by a drive device (not shown).
A rubber belt conveyor 2 is an embodiment of the pressing means, and is arranged above the net conveyor 1. The belt of this belt conveyor 2 is used as a covering member that covers numerous holes 5 of a guide plate 3, which will be described later.

A guide plate 3 is provided below the upper net 4 of the net conveyor 1. This guide plate 3 is provided with numerous holes 5 in a portion located below the belt conveyor 2. This hole 5 is for passing liquid such as oil.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a discharge pipe, the upper part of which is formed into a funnel shape to receive the liquid coming down from the hole 5. And this funnel-shaped liquid socket 7
is attached to the lower part of the guide plate 3. The other end of the discharge pipe 6 is connected to a liquid reservoir tank 8 . A vacuum pump 10 is connected to this tank 8 via a pipe 9. 11 is a pre-process conveyor for transferring fried foods to the net conveyor 1, and 12 is a fried foods such as fried potatoes and fried tofu cookies.

Next, the operation of the adhered liquid removing device according to the present invention having the above configuration will be explained. First, the fried food 12 is transferred by the conveyor 11 in the previous process.
are transferred to the upper net 4 of the net conveyor 1, and are sequentially conveyed by the net conveyor 1. During this conveyance, the fried food 12 on the upper net 4 is conveyed while being pinched by the rubber belt conveyor 2 disposed midway through the net conveyor 1. , fried food 1
2 is sucked downward. As a result, the oil adhering to the fried food 12 falls through the mesh of the net conveyor 1 and the holes 5 of the guide plate 3 by suction.
The fallen oil is collected at the liquid socket 7 of the discharge pipe 6 and stored in the receiving tank 8 via the discharge pipe.
In this way, excess oil from the oil-adhered fried food 12 is removed while being conveyed by the net conveyor 1.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above in the embodiments, the present invention has a method in which the covering member of the pressing means presses the upper surface of the conveyor arranged above the plurality of holes of the guide plate to seal it by suction from the vacuum pump. Can be done.

As a result, when solid foods such as fried foods conveyed by the conveyor pass over the holes in the guide plate, liquids such as oil contained in the solid foods such as fried foods are efficiently sucked through the holes in the guide plate. become something that can be done.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view showing an embodiment of the present invention. 1... Net conveyor, 2... Pressing means, 3...
...Guide plate, 4...Upper net, 5...Hole, 6...
Discharge pipe, 10...vacuum pump.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 A net conveyor 1 for conveying solid foods such as fried foods with liquid such as oil attached, a pressing means 2 disposed above the net conveyor 1, and a pressing means 2 disposed below the net conveyor 1 along the longitudinal direction. a guide plate 3 for guiding the net conveyor 1; a discharge pipe 6 disposed below the guide plate 3; and a vacuum pump 10 connected to the discharge pipe 6.
The guide plate 3 has a plurality of holes 5 drilled from its upper surface to its lower surface, and the pressing means 2 presses and covers at least the plurality of holes 5 of the guide plate 3 from above the solid food such as fried food. The discharge pipe has a liquid socket 7 that receives and connects the plurality of holes 5 on the lower surface of the guide plate 3 at one end, and a connection that is connected to the vacuum pump 10 at the other end. 1. A device for removing adhering liquid from fried foods, etc., comprising: